N10-005 · Question #457
Users are reporting that all of a sudden some of the files stored on the remote file server share are becoming corrupted and cannot be opened. A technician is dispatched to the server room to…
The correct answer is A. Environmental monitor. An environmental monitor tracks physical conditions such as temperature and humidity that, if out of range, can cause server hardware to fail and produce file corruption. Physical cable tools would not reveal environmental causes.
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Users are reporting that all of a sudden some of the files stored on the remote file server share are becoming corrupted and cannot be opened. A technician is dispatched to the server room to troubleshoot. The technician verifies that no changes to the network infrastructure occurred recently. Which of the following tools is MOST likely to reveal why files are becoming corrupted?
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- AEnvironmental monitor
- BOTDR
- CCable tester
- DPunch down tool
How the community answered
(49 responses)- A55% (27)
- B22% (11)
- C16% (8)
- D6% (3)
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An environmental monitor tracks physical conditions such as temperature and humidity that, if out of range, can cause server hardware to fail and produce file corruption. Physical cable tools would not reveal environmental causes.
An environmental monitor measures temperature, humidity, and power conditions in the server room - any of which, if outside acceptable ranges, can cause overheating of disks or memory errors that result in file corruption. Since no network infrastructure changes occurred, a hardware-level environmental cause is most likely.
An OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) tests fiber optic cable for breaks or attenuation and would not reveal causes of file corruption on a server.
A cable tester checks copper cable continuity and wiring faults; it would not identify why server-side files are becoming corrupted.
A punch down tool is used to physically terminate wires into patch panels or keystone jacks and is not a diagnostic tool.
Concept tested: Environmental monitoring and server hardware health
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